Re:Why Some Doctors Purposely Misdiagnose Patients
by DanBC on Sunday January 26, 2020 @02:59PM
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> I’m not sure what distinguishes NHS England or the CCG’s from “the government” other than semantics, but sure.
They're not run by a government minister; they're not staffed by civil servants; they're not a government department.
> This is still more administrative overhead than other “universal” systems
It really isn't though. Of course some management exists, it's a budget of over £100bn. But compared to other healthcare systems the NHS is relatively efficient. "The NHS is over-managed" is a persistent myth. See for example chapter 2 of this study: https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/files/2018-06/the-nhs-at-70... (This study does contain a lot of stuff that the NHS is poor at).
>> They found that the NHS spends relatively little on overseeing and planning care, relative to other comparable systems. In 2014, the UK, Portugal and Ireland all devoted 1.5% or less of their government or compulsory health care expenditure to administration. This compares with an average of 3.1%, with 4.1% in France, and 7.9% in the United States.
> "procedures of limited effectiveness"
They're not going to fund things that don't work. Why is that a bad thing?
But, again, I've said that there are problems caused by the choice to de-fund the NHS and that if we had comparable funding as other nations we'd start seeing better outcomes.
They're not run by a government minister; they're not staffed by civil servants; they're not a government department.
> This is still more administrative overhead than other “universal” systems
It really isn't though. Of course some management exists, it's a budget of over £100bn. But compared to other healthcare systems the NHS is relatively efficient. "The NHS is over-managed" is a persistent myth. See for example chapter 2 of this study: https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/files/2018-06/the-nhs-at-70... (This study does contain a lot of stuff that the NHS is poor at).
>> They found that the NHS spends relatively little on overseeing and planning care, relative to other comparable systems. In 2014, the UK, Portugal and Ireland all devoted 1.5% or less of their government or compulsory health care expenditure to administration. This compares with an average of 3.1%, with 4.1% in France, and 7.9% in the United States.
> "procedures of limited effectiveness"
They're not going to fund things that don't work. Why is that a bad thing?
But, again, I've said that there are problems caused by the choice to de-fund the NHS and that if we had comparable funding as other nations we'd start seeing better outcomes.